
Garrett Blad '15
Rachel Wallace '17
Little did Rachel Wallace '17 know that a formative experience through the Center for Social Concerns would form the cornerstone of her work today as the Interim Deputy Director at the Policy Advocacy Clinic at UC Berkeley.
Shelly Williams '07
Williams has spent her career at nonprofits that work to bring positive change to the lives of children in St. Louis and the surrounding region in Missouri.
Tom Jensen
Cameron Compton
Sophia Costanzo
Kathryn Martinez
Raquel Dominguez
Janet McNally
Lyric Medeiros
Dr. Darren Dochuk
John Barnes
Stephen Ziegler '20 MNA
Ziegler’s approach to working with the South Bend community remains in line with the sustainable development principles he learned about during his Notre Dame MNA.
Robert Latiff '71, '73 M.S., '74 Ph.D.
Since retiring from the U.S. Air Force as a major general in 2006, where he worked on research and development of nuclear weapons, Latiff has not slowed down.
Adam Kramer '21 EMBA
Adam Kramer EMBA ’21 is a firm believer in the idea that you can’t change what you can’t measure. So as the president and CEO of nZero, he’s helping companies track and reduce their carbon footprint.
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This weekend, we welcome Tennessee State to campus for Notre Dame’s first football game against an Historically Black College or University. Here are just a few Black Alumni of Notre Dame who have made a positive impact on the world since graduation.
Jeaic Mag Fhinn '17 lives, works, and plays entirely in Irish, feeling welcomed by the community and making the Emerald Isle his home.
When Rosie Giglia ’17 decided to study Irish language and literature while a student at Notre Dame, she opened a world of possibilities that ultimately led her to pursue her advanced degree in neurology and clinical medicine on the Emerald Isle.
Award-winning photographer Mary McGraw '17 serves as the digital marketing and media manager at Galway International Arts Festival, one of the leading cultural events in Ireland and Europe.
Conal Fagan ’21, the first Irish native to serve as the official Notre Dame leprechaun, returned home to Ireland to continue his mission of using sports as a means for social change.
Andrew Wiand '11, '12 M.S.
Many more talented people will make their way to South Bend and Notre Dame over the years to come. Not all will stay, of course. But the work being done by Wiand and enFocus aims to ensure that talent will continue to make both places thrive.
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Mike Flanigan '15
Mike Flanigan ’15 is the CEO of SeaSats, a company that provides solar-powered autonomous ocean vehicles. SeaSats launched in October 2020, but the team of four co-founders has been making boats together since their days as kids growing up in coastal Tiverton, Rhode Island.
Dr. Oluwaferanmi O. Okanlami '15 M.S.
Okanlami has both led and been a part of numerous initiatives to raise awareness of the program and adaptive sports and inclusive recreation as a whole.
Dr. Kristin Andrejko '19
Dr. Kristin Andrejko ’19, an epidemiologist in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, shifted her academic focus to contribute research towards eradicating COVID-19 while a doctoral student at UC-Berkeley.
John Ghingo '94
When he took charge at Whisps, Ghingo saw it as an opportunity to return to his roots in snacking, but with all his newfound knowledge about clean and nutritious food processing.
Dr. Carol Lally Shields '79
Lally Shields has applied the same level of competitiveness and drive to her career in medicine. Most recently, the NCAA awarded Lally Shields with the 2023 Theodore Roosevelt Award — the highest honor the NCAA may confer upon an individual — presented annually to a distinguished person of national reputation and exceptional accomplishment.
Hannah O'Brien '19
O’Brien first began thinking about planetary geology in Dr. Clive Neal’s Planet Earth class as a sophomore.
Kiley Adams '17
In the same way that those with disabilities deserve equitable access to education, housing, and transportation, Adams believes that having access to outdoor, adaptive recreation is no different.
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